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From: mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum)
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Subject: Re: Fastest card for XFree86
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Date: 18 Feb 93 18:50:13 GMT
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In article <sfUeTmm00axa4CKdUV@andrew.cmu.edu> wk0x@ANDREW.CMU.EDU
(William Stephen Kish) writes:
>
> What is the fastest ISA video card that is supported by XFree86?  I
> imagine it would be a Tseng 4000 card that uses VRAM.  Do such beasts
> exist?

I have one, and it's *pathetically* slow compared to any workstations I
use.  I can't imagine using it regularly.

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